Italain Walnut Sideboard, conprising of 17th and 18th Century elements, the dentiled cornice over three drawers and three cabinet doors, H:41" Length:65 1/8" D:15.5". The history of the buffet was developed in France during the 16th-century French term buffet applied both to the display itself and to the furniture on which it was mounted, often draped with rich textiles, but more often as the century advanced an elaborately carved cupboard surmounted by tiers of shelves in the 18th century, so... Click for details

Mid 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ebony and Amboyna Inlaid Walnut Semainier, with an Sarcophagus Plinth (top) over seven graduated drawers, canted stiles, with supressed bun feet, H:65" W:42" D:19" LifestyleAntiques.com is the web site where one can shop on line or if you are in the area we are an antique dealer in Summerland, California just 3 minutes south of Santa Barbara. Specializing in European Antique Furniture and our accent is antique lighting for your home, or office with handmade par... Click for details

Monumental 17th century Paint Decorated, Parcel Gilt, with Marquetry, Baroque Walnut Cassone, H:4'4" W:7' D:3'6" The rectangular hinged top opening to an interior fitted with a till and drawers over a conforming case with arched panels polychrome decorated with heraldic emblems divided by fluted pilasters ending in a stepped outset base. A further description of Continental antique furniture: From the beginning of the Renaissance in the early 15th century, there were changes in furniture forms t... Click for details

Late 17th to Early 18th Century Italian or Spanish Baroque Walnut Chest of Drawers, The rectangular top with dentil banding along the edge over three long drawers with the drawer fronts in relief carved scrolling acanthus ending on a stepped base. H:39.5" W:41" from base to base D:21 3/4". A brief history of the Baroque style and its earliest manifestations, which occurred in Italy, date from the latter decades of the 16th century, while in some regions, notably Germany and colonial South Americ... Click for details

Decorative late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Style Cabinet with four drawers of Burl Veneered fronts flanked by mask and acanthus leaf carving on a molded base.H:36" W:30" D:13 3/4" A further description of Italian antique furniture: From the beginning of the Renaissance in the early 15th century, there were changes in furniture forms that were to spread over Europe. The growth of a wealthy and powerful bourgeoisie caused the building of more substantial houses and a demand for good furni... Click for details

Exceptional Pair of Venetian Style Circular Commodes with Paint Decoration in a classical motif on a cream ground with a faux marble light celedon color painted tops over urn form bodies fitted with a drawer and door, on a collared socle and octagonal plinth, H:32" Diamter:16". Polychrome is one of the terms used to describe the use of multiple colors in one entity. A very early example of polychrome decoration was found in the Parthenon atop the Acropolis of Athens. At the time the English Vict... Click for details

late 18th Century Directoire Inlaid Satinwood Commode with a banded top and outset corners, with two long drawers, the top one comes out as a Butlers desk if needed. The sides of the Commode are Canted Stiles, with square tapering legs, terminated in spade feet. The sides panels are inlaid and compliment the Inlaid pattern on the top of the commode. Decorative hardware add to the elegance of this Satinwood Commode. H:2'7" W:4' D:23.5" Directoire furniture was the last phase of the Louis XVI sty... Click for details

Exceptional 19th Century Antique Neapolitan Oak Commode with Polychrome and Gilt decoration on the panels (possibly of early 18th century or of a late Baroque period). The molded top with a Gilt Dentil Frieze and the side panel doors with Cherub Heads in a stylized Leaf Motif embracing the Cherubs. The central panel is depicting St. Andrew with two Cherub heads, above that are flaming torches and scrolls, St. Andrew is with rich Polychrome Paint and in high relief carving. The Commode is with a... Click for details

Decorative French Buffet with a rich Walnut color and exceptional Royal Red Rouge Marble Top on this buffet, with three drawers on top and decorated panels on each of the three cabinets. H:3'3.5" W:5'2" D:24" The history of the buffet was developed in France during the 16th-century French term buffet applied both to the display itself and to the furniture on which it was mounted, often draped with rich textiles, but more often as the century advanced an elaborately carved cupboard surmounted by... Click for details

Colorful 19th Century Pained Wood Cabinet, the polychromed front with floral Chinese motif as a two shelf cabinet. H:37" W:36" D:14" Located just 3 minutes south of Santa Barbara in an antique community, the store Lifestyle Antiques specializes in Italian , French and Spanish Furnishings and Decorative Arts. The elegant collection is located in the heart of Summerland, California, and offers the finest high-end European Antiques, Decorative Arts, and Home Furnishings on the South Coast. We fe... Click for details

Diminutive Walnut 19th Century Marble Top Commode, the serpentine variegated top above cross banded drawers, scalloped skirt, on cabriole legs with scrolled toes. H:26" W:30.5" D:19" The term Commode is a French form of low chest of drawers, originally intended for the drawing room, dating from the mid 17th Century amd very popular in the 18th Century. It became a term used for bedroom cupboards in the 19th Century. Located just 3 minutes south of Santa Barbara in an antique community, the stor... Click for details

Exceptional 18th Century Italian Baroque Painted Credenza, with ochre and rouge faux marble to with incurved sides above a pair of paneled doors opening to a shelved interior and painted with flower filled vases. The side panels are similarly paintd and raised on shaped feet. H:39" W:5'7.5" D:24.5" Though it was in Italian architecture, painting, and sculpture that the Baroque style was evolved, Italy was not the first to apply this style to furniture. But by the mid-17th century Italy was produ... Click for details